There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
Anything is better than lies and deceit!
Which is worse? The wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
The Kingdom of God is Within You,
God is the same everywhere.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great value to the thoughts of the one she was talking to.
Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?
I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
How can one be well…when one suffers morally?
Here I am alive, and it’s not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.
Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
And you know, there’s less charm in life when you think about death–but it’s more peaceful.
The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness…
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